Job Description

Just imagine shaping the automation platform behind millions of products reaching builders around the world. Then make it real.

About the role

As our Automation Manager, Operational Technology, you'll own critical Pre-Pack platforms and help shape how automation technology is developed, standardised and scaled across the LEGO® manufacturing network. This is a global platform ownership role that combines technical credibility with stakeholder management. You'll work closely with Production, Maintenance and R&D partners while supporting sites across Europe, Mexico, China and Vietnam. You'll coordinate platform development, guide technology decisions and help ensure robust, secure and reliable production capabilities for the future.

Please note that you should expect to travel 20-40 days a year.

Required Qualifications

• Delivered PLC programming, installation and troubleshooting within complex manufacturing environments

• Managed automation, controls or operational technology solutions supporting production platforms

• Built and maintained industrial network architectures and cyber-secure automation environments

• Led software upgrades, platform development or technology implementation initiatives

• Coordinated work across multiple departments with competing operational priorities

• Communicated effectively in English within international manufacturing organisations

Preferred Qualifications

• Developed solutions using industrial communication protocols such as Ethernet/IP or OPC UA

• Designed or supported functional safety systems, electrical diagrams and troubleshooting activities

• Managed platform ownership responsibilities across multiple sites or regions

• Experienced working under remote management and kept consistent and filtered information flow upwards.

What you'll build

• A clear global roadmap for automation software and hardware platforms

• Greater standardisation across Pre-Pack production technologies

• Sustainable processes for platform upgrades, validation and lifecycle management

• Technical foundations that support the final stages of packaging transformation initiatives

• Strong partnerships between Production, Maintenance, R&D and Operational Technology teams

• Reliable, secure and scalable platforms that support manufacturing performance globally

If you've worked in a role where you balanced technical decision-making with stakeholder management, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is your ability to connect technology, people and production outcomes while creating clarity in a complex environment.

Life on the team

You'll join a team of operational technology specialists based across the Czech Republic, Hungary and Denmark. Together, we support and develop production platforms used throughout the LEGO Group's manufacturing network. We work closely with local and global partners, share knowledge openly and rely on strong collaboration to solve challenges. Curiosity, relationship building, ownership, diplomacy and a structured approach are highly valued. We're looking for someone who seeks to understand before acting and enjoys connecting people, ideas and opportunities.

What success looks like

Success starts with building trusted relationships and understanding a complex platform landscape. Over time, you'll become the go-to advisor for a global network of stakeholders, helping align priorities, translate technical decisions into production value and guide platform evolution. You'll work closely with colleagues in Kladno and global manufacturing partners while helping prepare the platform for future growth, standardisation and ongoing manufacturing investment.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career. Then make it real. Join the LEGO® team today.